Sr. Director, Private Brand Product Development

Global Industrial • Town of North Hempstead, NY

4d • $200,000 - $260,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Global Industrial has been an industry leader for over 70 years, providing private label and brand name industrial equipment and supplies to businesses throughout North America. We offer over one million industrial, material handling, and business products through our website, corporate sales team, and catalogs. We continuously expand our product offerings to meet the evolving needs of our diverse customer base, which includes small to large corporations, institutions, government agencies, and consumers across North America.

The Sr. Product Development Director will collaborate with the Private Brand group to innovate new products and improve existing designs. This role involves providing leadership to expand the product offering across various industrial, furniture, and electrical categories, thereby supporting the company's overall growth and profitability. The Director will guide their team through all project phases, from concept to production, delivery, and launch, managing domestic and international suppliers across different time zones and cultures. Key responsibilities include cross-functional collaboration to define product requirements, leveraging an understanding of the company's product lines and expertise in product development and sourcing capabilities. Additionally, the role involves creating systems and processes to support departmental objectives and contributing to company-wide goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; Engineering, Industrial Design or Business preferred.
• 15 years’ experience managing worldwide suppliers and vendors.
• 7+ years’ experience in manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Prior supervisory, leadership skills required.
• Excellent negotiating, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with international sourcing processes and cross-cultural communications.
• Direct understanding of landed cost calculations, worldwide logistics and trade compliance.
• Proven ability to navigate product development from concept to completion with an eye for intellectual property clearance, user experience, regulatory considerations and marketing merits.
• Proven project management skills: conceptualizing, planning, estimating, analyzing and executing.
• Self-motivated and ability to work smart in a fast pace changing environment with cross functional teams to drive results and achieve goals.
• Use of ERP systems and common software packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoints, etc.
• Knowledge of regulations and standards such as: OSHA, ANSI, NEC, NSF, UL/ETL, BIFMA, etc.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop new projects from concept through production in categories such as Material Handling, Storage & Shelving, Safety, Janitorial & Sanitation, Furniture and Plumbing.
• Work with various team members/departments to apply product and market knowledge to identify, plan, attack, and achieve strategic goals to accelerate and expand our Private Brand offering.
• Present cost saving opportunities and product plans to multiple departments throughout the organization.
• Leverage experience, knowledge and leadership ability to manage a team in all details (branding/packaging/quality/regulatory & safety/intellectual property) of multiple and higher complexity projects and ensure completion within the given timeframe from start to finish.
• Identify low cost, high quality production solutions, with emphasis on worldwide manufacturing and international and domestic sourcing.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external vendors and factories to expedite and improve manufacturing processes.
• Handle daily communication with staff worldwide and work with multiple departments on different initiatives and goals.
• Effectively supervise and develop 3-5 direct report Project Engineers, Managers, Leads and Associates.

Benefits

• The base pay range for this position will be 200,000 to 260,000 annually.
• Global Industrial provides equal employment opportunities to all employee and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
• This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absences, compensation and training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director